Industries of Nation Face Real Problem
In Little Rock on December 26 Senator Joseph T. Robinson warned that unemployment is rising as machine substitution for hand labor reshapes work. He said industries may need a five day week to restore balance, and that the 116 million public works appropriation is inadequate to speed up projects.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
United States
Joseph T. Robinson
Senate
Robinson
Congress
Congestion Blamed on Dry Laws in Federal System
Washington December 26 The Association Against the Prohibition Amendment blames dry laws for federal court congestion and rising prisoner counts since 1920 A pamphlet estimates about 50000 prohibition prisoners are in federal state and county institutions Only a small proportion received felony sentences Chicago heating engineers estimate total U S building value at about 141 billion dollars all buildings nationwide
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Washington, D. C
Association Against the
United States
Chicago
Chile to create new air ministry expanding force
Santiago reports Chile will have the largest air force in South America with about 150 planes now and 60 more ordered for military use. The air ministry will centralize control of military and commercial aviation, replacing army and navy command. Planes will be built locally by an American firm and spread over two years at an estimated cost of 1.25 million dollars.
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Santiago
Chile
South America
Air Ministry
Ministry of the Interior
Army
Navy
el Bosque
Iquique
Temuco
Aero Club de Chile
Los Cerrillos
Arica
Magallanes
Punta Arenas
Down
Straits of Magellan
Mecklenburg Strelitz Faces 8 Dollar Per Person War Debt
The tiny free state of Mecklenburg Strelitz faces a debt of about 8 dollars per citizen after a court ruling in favor of claims by Grand Duchess Elizabeth and her daughters. The sum totals about 9000000 marks with interest, a heavy blow to a state already operating on a chronic deficit. One claimant, Jutta, married to ex Crown Prince Danilo of Montenegro, argued she gained Montenegrin nationality through marriage, triggering the extra payment demand.
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Neu Strelitz
Germany
Free State
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Elizabeth
Danilo
Montenegro
Paris
Mecklenburg-Strelite
Europe
Uttle Free State
Rhode Island
Receiver for Foshay Firm Files Report
C J Rockwood receiver for the W B Foshay Company in Minneapolis issues the first formal court report. He says stockholders receive nothing and creditors get very little from asset liquidation. He may sue Directors to recover about 170000 paid as dividends before receivership. The report lists 12720000 in creditor claims, with 10273000 disallowed.
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Minneapolis, Minn
C. J. Rockwood
W. B. Foshay Company
Woman Named San Juan County Treasurer
FRIDAY HARBOR Washington December 26 San Juan County will have a new treasurer after January 12 a 22 year old woman Miss Marjorie Stoney who defeated incumbent Fred Peasley by 360 votes.
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Friday Harbor
Wash
San Juan County
Washington State
Marjorie Stoney
Stoney
Fred Peasley
Claims 6. O. P. Seeks Norris Break With Republicans
Dr. John Dewey invites Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska to sever ties with the Republican party and aid formation of a new party. He says insurgent Republicans are not wanted by party leaders who control the machine. Dewey cites attacks by Robert H. Lucas as evidence. Norris favors social planning and placing human rights above property.
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New York City
N. Y
John Dewey
League For Independent and Political Action
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Republican Party
Robert H. Lucas
Republican National Committee
Dr. Dewey
Norris
Rogers
Robber surrenders claim after payroll heist in New Haven
Edward Slattery walked into a New Haven police station on Christmas Day and confessed to robbing the Allington Branch payroll at West Haven. He claimed to be the bandit, said he was penniless, and told officers he discarded $4931 along the roadside. Police reported a employee was killed and another critically wounded in the robbery.
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New Haven
Conn
Edward Slattery
Allington
American Mills
West Haven
Slattery
Telephone Girls Thank Fri
The Hello girls of the Juneau and Douglas Telephone Company thank friends for gifts received during the Christmas half days. The gifts covered a wide variety and were thoroughly appreciated by the switch board operator.
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Hello Girls
Juneau and Douglas Telephone Company
Empire
Col Lindbergh Has No Flying Plans For Coming Year
New York City December 26 Col Charles A Lindbergh says aviation has advanced since his Paris flight and that a good cruising speed has risen from 90 to 140 miles an hour He has no specific flying plans for the new year
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New York City
N. Y
Missouri
Roosevelt Field
Paris
Charles A. Lindbergh
Col. Lindbergh
Judge J. Lyle Enters Chicago Mayor Race
Chicago December 26 Judge John Lyle a Municipal Court jurist and anti gangster advocate enters the Republican mayoral race promising to break the alliance between crime and politics. He will oppose Mayor Thompson and County Board Chairman Charles V Barnett.
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Chicago
Til
Re Publican
John Lyle
Lyle
Thompson
Charles V. Barnett
County Board of Tax Review
Quake toll rises to thirty three in Salta Argentina
In Salta Argentina on December 26 a series of earthquakes killed thirty three people and injured over seventy, destroying Lapoma village. Survivors described earth shocks with thunder like sounds and huge cracks that released hot water as the tremors intensified. At La Jolla California, Dr. B P Sumner reports seventeen years of deer mouse geography research completed at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and has sent specimens to the University of Michigan.
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Salta
Argentina
Lapoma
Callers Rob Priests Then Escape At Chicago Church
Two youths posing as Christmas callers invad ed the rectory of St. Albert's Catholic Church in Chicago. They bound three priests and forced a fourth to surrender $2,000 from Christmas offerings. After taking the money they ordered Father C. J. Gronkowski to sit, gave him a lit cigar, and warned him to stay. Police were notified five minutes later.
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Chicago
St. Albert's Catholic Church
C. J. Gronkowski
Stocking Caps Smart for Rainy Day Wear
Paris dispatch notes stocking caps as a popular rainy day wear. The bright little caps are chic and practical, keeping hair in place while looking cheerful. One Parisienne sports a knitted orange cap with brown tweed collar in damp weather.
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Paris
Batter Way Out of Jail While Carols Are Being Sung
Alliance Nebraska December 26 Two bank robbers under 20 years in prison Harold Nom insve and Forest Cook battered their way from the county jail yesterday while crowds gathered for the Christmas tree ceremony outside. The carols masked the escape and officers missed the interior sounds. The article notes silver as a by product of ore processing where another metal yields most profit.
Accidents Take His Toll From Coast To Coast
Christmas record shows two hundred or more deaths nationwide as accidents claim lives across the country. Slippery roads fuel automobile tragedies responsible for two thirds of fatalities, with fires drownings and poison liquor also taking tolls. In New York City several deaths linked to poison liquor, while the Pacific Coast reports thirty five killed and many injured. A California launch capsized causing 35 drownings.
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Chicago
New York City
Pacific Coast
California
Christmas Eve Tragedies Hit Two Towns
Christmas Day deaths and injuries reported in Lomira Wisconsin and Barnum Minnesota after a Schultz family car crash with a train, and a gasoline tank explosion in Barnum. Several family members die or are injured. A 50-foot barge is being welded by electricity in Jacksonville Florida, one of few welded vessels.
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Chicago
Ill
Lomira
Wisconsin
Barnum
Minnesota
Schultz
H. G. Schultz
Matilda Rundgren
Glenn Harper
Marion Harper
Duluth
Edith Larsen
Clouquet
Axel Anderson
Andersons
Jacksonville
Fla
Zeppelin makes 104 flights for record in 1930
Graf Zeppelin ends the year with 104 flights carrying 4,063 passengers and distributing almost 1 million pieces of mail over 71,250 miles. Captain Ernst Lehmann notes potential profitability with regular mooring facilities and refueling stations, including transatlantic runs, if such infrastructure is established.
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Zeppelin
Gtal
Ernst Lehmann
Zeppelin Company
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